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Iraq  

 

AFGHANISTAN


Path of Courage Paved with Conviction
by Swanee Hunt, Scripps Howard News Service
June 9, 2024

Afghan Electorate's Veiled Demographic
by Pamela Constable, Washington Post Foreign Service
February 25, 2024

Afghanistan's Milestone
by Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington Post
January 6, 2024

Mobilizing in the Land of the Burka
by Victoria Hobson and Constance Borde, International Herald Tribune
December 18, 2023

Afghanistan: The Constitutional Loya Jirga
International Crisis Group report

Making a Nation More Equal
by Noeleen Heyzer, New York Times op-ed
December 3, 2024

Gender and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan
Joint workshop of the United Nations Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality and the OECD-DAC Network on Gender Equality
July 18, 2024

Round Table on Afghan Women's Issues
Charlotte Ponticelli, Department of State Coordinator for International Women's Issues; Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs Habiba Sarabi; and other members of the US-Afghan Women's Council
July 17, 2024

Open Letter from Afghan Women to Iraqi Women

Tradition within Transition: Restoring Women's Participation in Afghanistan
December 2001

Panel Discussion: Afghanistan in Crisis

November 2001

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ARMENIA / AZERBAIJAN


"Women of Nagorno-Karabach for Peace and Peaceful Coexistence" Conference Organized by Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Members
July 2002

 

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA


Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Experts Meeting in Sarajevo
March 2001

 

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BURUNDI


The Conflict in Burundi: From One Discovery to Another
by Spes Manikariza

Ubushingantahe as a Base for Political Transformation in Burundi
by Agnes Nindorera

 

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CAMBODIA


My Vision: Inclusive Governance
Nanda Pok, Cambodia

Understanding the Past
by Kalyan Sann, Searching for the Truth
May 2002 -- March 2003

 

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COLOMBIA


Peace on the Table: A summary of demands and proposals for peace from the various actors in the Peace Process

Her Majesty Queen Noor's meeting with Network Members in Colombia
July 6, 2024

Group Wins Millennium Peace Prize for Women
March 8, 2024

 

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO


Peace Process Often Ignores Female Ex-Soldiers
by Nicole Itano, Women's Enews
June 27, 2024

Women Not Getting UN Protection in War
by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
October 30, 2024

UN Security Council Presentation on UNSC Resolution 1325
by Amy Smythe, Senior Gender Advisor, MONUC
October 29, 2024

 

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GUATEMALA


Dia Nacional de las Victimas del Conflicto Armado
La Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA)
February 25, 2024

Enhancing the Role of Women in Electoral Processes in Post-Conflict Countries:
Guatemalan Case Study

by Luz Mendez
January 2003

 

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INDIA / PAKISTAN


UNSC Resolution 1325: South Asian Women’s Perspectives
International Alert, July 2003

 

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IRAN


Women in Iran to Boycott Elections, Seek Options
by Dan de Luce, Women's Enews
February 20, 2024

Iranian Activist Wins Nobel Prize
BBC
October 10, 2024

Shirin Ebadi's Peace Prize Citation
October 10, 2024

 

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IRAQ


Windows of Opportunity: The Pursuit of Gender Equality in Post-War Iraq
Women for Women International
January 2005

Letter to Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi on the Independent Election Commission
Women's Alliance for a Democratic Iraq
May 12, 2024

Women in Iraq: New Beginnings
Charlotte Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues, Bureau of Global Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; Iraqi Women from the Governing Council and Other Organizations
Foreign Press Center Briefing
Washington, DC
March 11, 2024

Iraq: The Interim Constitution
by Sharon Otterman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 8, 2024

Women in the New Iraq
by Paul Wolfowitz, Washington Post op-ed
February 1, 2024

Equal Rights Still a Stretch in Iraq
by M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
December 26, 2023

Building a New Iraq: Women's Role in Reconstruction
Findings and Conclusions
November 19, 2024

Women Leaders from Iraq: Perspectives on Reconstruction
Address to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace
by Dr. Rajaa Habib Dhahir Khuzai
November 13, 2024

Interview with Nasreen Mustafa Sideek
September 4, 2024

Building Civil Society: An Overlooked Aspect of Iraq's Reconstruction?
United States Institute of Peace
July 31, 2024

Women are Crucial to Iraq Peacemaking
by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Women's Enews
July 9, 2024

Role of Women in New Iraq of Concern
by Gretchen Cook, Women's Enews
April 22, 2024

Winning the Peace: the Role of Women in Post-Conflict Iraq
Conference Report, Sponsored by Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and the Conflict Prevention and Middle East Projects of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Winning the Peace: Women's Role in Post-Conflict Iraq
Conference Proceedings and Supplemental Materials
April 2003

Open Letter from the Women of Kosovo to the Women of Iraq
April 2003

Open Letter from Afghan Women to Iraqi Women

Iraqi Reconstruction can Build on Women's Existing Progress
by Isobel Coleman, USA Today
March 25, 2024

 

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ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT


Speech by Dr. Galia Golan on Women, Peace, and Conflict
Delivered at the Athens Conference on Middle East Regional Security
December 13, 2024

Are the Wrong People Trying to Solve the Middle East Crisis?
by Esther Addley, The Guardian
September 15, 2024

Addressing Discrimination
by Amneh Badran, Bitterlemons-international.org
September 4, 2024

Israeli and Palestinian Women Talk About Peace
by Anat Cohen, Women's Enews
March 11, 2024

Palestinian Women Should Contribute to Conflict-Resolution Initiatives
Report from the United Nations Secretary-General
February 25, 2024

Women Confront War, Build Peace
Women's Enews
February 23, 2024

 

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KOSOVO


Building a New Kosova
Vjosa Dobruna, Kosovo

Open Letter from the Women of Kosovo to the Women of Iraq
April 2003

 

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LIBERIA


A Return to Life for Liberia's Women Fighters
by Abdullah Dukuly, Mail & Guardian
March 2, 2024

Full Participation of Women Critical for Reconstruction in Liberia
UNIFEM press release
February 5, 2024

Women Identify Flaws in DDRR Program, Want to Assist
by Estella Nelson, The NEWS
December 12, 2024

 

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NORTHERN IRELAND


Excerpts from Pearl McRobert's comments in Brussels, Belgium
" In order to speak to you today about my experience of the internet and the peace-building work that I am engaged in within Northern Ireland, I must give some context through concrete examples of how effective the internet has been..."

 

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PHILIPPINES


Perspectives on the Mindanao Conflict
March 2003

Promoting Women's Participation In the Peace Process: Key Towards Sustainable Peace in Mindanao
by Mary Ann M. Arnado
Initiatives for International Dialogue
Mindanao People's Caucus
The ongoing conflict in Mindanao is undeniably a male-dominated, male-perpetrated, macho game of aggression. Like any other armed conflict in the world, it is a costly war, claiming innocent lives and displacing thousands of families, with women and children enduring harsh living conditions in evacuation centers for long, difficult months.

 

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RUSSIA


For Life and Freedom
Anna Ignatieva
appeal from the Third International Conference of Soldiers' Mothers

Anna Politkovskaia Honored by the Club of American Journalists
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaia, Waging member from Russia, was honored for exemplary reporting.

 

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RWANDA


Ladies First: Ten years after the genocide, will women succeed in rebuilding Rwanda?
Wide Angle
Aired July 22, 2004, on PBS
    > Watch the full interview of Ambassador Swanee Hunt with host Mishal Husain.

Rwanda Leads World Ranking of Women in Parliament
October 22, 2024

Rwandan Women's Confederation Awarded Women's Rights Prize
September 2, 2024

 

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SIERRA LEONE


Peace Process Often Ignores Female Ex-Soldiers
by Nicole Itano, Women's Enews
June 27, 2024

Boys and Girls Who Also Carried Guns
by Sanam Anderlini and Dyan Mazurana, International Herald Tribune op-ed
March 12, 2024

Girl Fighters Neglected
by Swanee Hunt, Scripps Howard News Service
February 18, 2024

After Terror, a Role for Women
by Eliza Griswold, Ford Foundation Report
Fall 2002

 

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SOUTH AFRICA


A Woman's Voice
by Kemi Ogunsanya

A Gender Perspective for Conflict Management
by Kemi Ogunsanya and Kwezi Mngqibisa, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

 

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SRI LANKA


Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Network Member Visaka Dharmadasa Participates in Conference of Women Combatants
by Camille Pampell Conaway
October 2004

Securing Peace: An Action Strategy for Sri Lanka
Center for Strategic and International Studies
June 2004

Sri Lanka's Peace Process: What Went Wrong
by Visaka Dharmadasa
January 24, 2024

UNSC Resolution 1325: South Asian Women’s Perspectives
International Alert, July 2003

International Conference on the Missing: Opening Statement
by Visaka Dharmadasa
February 19, 2024

 

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